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College Readiness Begins in Middle School
http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/CollegeReadiness.pdf
This policy brief from ACT examines the extent of early exploration and planning and explores how parents, school staff, and school experiences help students with their early educational planning.
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College Information
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College Readiness Begins in Middle School
http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/CollegeReadiness.pdf
This policy brief from ACT examines the extent of early exploration and planning and explores how parents, school staff, and school experiences help students with their early educational planning.
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Middle Schools
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Parents and Teachers Talking Together
http://www.prichardcommittee.org/CPL/Publications/tabid/32633/Default.aspx
What do we want for our students? How do we get what we want? The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, in its role as an advocate for improved education for all Kentucky's young people, is sponsoring small, local discussions called "Parents and Teachers Talking Together." These structured discussions are a starting point for communication and other activities that enhance the dynamics of parent-teacher relationships. They are a tool for increasing parent involvement.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Great Prairie AEA: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.gpaea.k12.ia.us/1310.aspx
The Parent-Educator Connection works to develop and sustain effective partnerships between families, educators, and community providers to promote the success forall children and youth with disabilities.
PEC coordinators work with parents, educators, and local school districts to provide
PEC programs, services, and activities; they are also parents of children or young adults
with special needs. Please call your PEC coordinator for more information about what
the PEC can do for you.
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Special Education
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Great Prairie AEA: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.gpaea.k12.ia.us/1310.aspx
Communication between parents of students with special needs, teachers, and Great Prairie AEA staff, is the focus of the Parent-Educator Partnership. Presentations, a resource center, parent support groups, advocacy, and courses for parents, are part of the program.
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Special Education
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Parenting Counts
http://www.talaris.org/parentingcounts.htm
Through outreach efforts in more than 40 communities around the country, Parenting Counts and PBS stations promote greater awareness of the importance of the first years of life and the importance of the parent/child relationship.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Parenting Counts
http://www.talaris.org/parentingcounts.htm
Through outreach efforts in more than 40 communities around the country, Parenting Counts and PBS stations promote greater awareness of the importance of the first years of life and the importance of the parent/child relationship.
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Birth - 3
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Research Spotlights on Social and Emotional Development
http://www.talaris.org/synopsis.htm
Talaris Institute has gathered leading research studies on social and emotional development and merged them into easy-to-read and interesting summaries. Learn about the amazing capabilities of babies and children through age 5 and learn how vital your role is as a parent. The spots provided are aired on PBS stations nationwide as part of Parenting Counts.
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Learning about My Child/Student
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Wisconsin PIRC: Parents Plus
http://www.parentspluswi.org/
Wisconsin's Parent Information and Resource Center (PIRC) is funded through United States Department of Education grant. The mission of Parents Plus, Inc. is to support the development of positive parenting skills and to increase parental involvement in Wisconsin schools for the purpose of improving student achievement.
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Parent Information Resource Cent
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Indiana Academy for Parent Leadership
http://www.fscp.org/index.asp?p=57
The Indiana Partnerships Center seeks to improve student academic achievement by actively engaging parents in the education of their children. While the Indiana Partnerships Center employs a number of strategies to accomplish this mission, one of its most effective is the Indiana Academy for Parent Leadership©, supported by United Water. A booklet is available for download.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Indiana PIRC
http://www.fscp.org/
Indiana PIRC meets families where they are and then reaches out and provides parents with information about the choices and opportunities available to them for their child’s education. The programs they offer are family-friendly, providing information at times and places and in languages that work for the parents in their community.
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Parent Information Resource Cent
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Georgia PIRC
http://georgiapirc.net/
The purpose of the Georgia PIRC program, as established by the US Department of Education, is to help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement and strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children.
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Parent Information Resource Cent
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The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle
http://education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Student+and+Family+Support/Parents+and+Families/
The Commissioner’s Parents Advisory Council (CPAC), a group formed to advise the Kentucky education commissioner on policy issues, has issued a sweeping set of recommendations – and an innovative rubric – aimed at improving family and community involvement in Kentucky’s public schools. The group’s recommendations and rubric are contained in a report titled The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle.
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Parent/Family Involvement
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Mastering the Basics of Writing: Grade 2
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3746749&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22%2Fbrowse%
Your child’s strengths and weaknesses in writing begin to show in 2nd grade. Learn ways to help him/her master the basics.
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Elementary
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Talking to Your Kids About the News
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5228&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22%2Fbrowse%2Fs
A safe, interactive news site for kids in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online provides age-appropriate news coverage. Each morning, editors select a top story, carefully deciding what is most newsworthy, appropriate for, and appealing to children. Other features, shown below, cover pop culture and offer skill-building games and activities (click on the photos to visit these areas). A safe, interactive news site designed for students in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online remains committed to providing age-appropriate news coverage that is both timely and in-depth. Our writers don't just report the facts; they pay careful attention to the educational needs and interests of their young readers.
http://www.scholastic.com/schoolage/grade4/homework/snews.htm#top
A safe, interactive news site designed for students in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online remains committed to providing age-appropriate news coverage that is both timely and in-depth. Our writers don't just report the facts; they pay careful attention to the educational needs and interests of their young readers.
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Middle School
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Talking to Your Kids About the News
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=5228&FullBreadCrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22%2Fbrowse%2Fs
A safe, interactive news site for kids in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online provides age-appropriate news coverage. Each morning, editors select a top story, carefully deciding what is most newsworthy, appropriate for, and appealing to children. Other features, shown below, cover pop culture and offer skill-building games and activities (click on the photos to visit these areas). A safe, interactive news site designed for students in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online remains committed to providing age-appropriate news coverage that is both timely and in-depth. Our writers don't just report the facts; they pay careful attention to the educational needs and interests of their young readers.
http://www.scholastic.com/schoolage/grade4/homework/snews.htm#top
A safe, interactive news site designed for students in grades 3 through 8, Scholastic News Online remains committed to providing age-appropriate news coverage that is both timely and in-depth. Our writers don't just report the facts; they pay careful attention to the educational needs and interests of their young readers.
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Elementary
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http://www.ed.gov/espanol/parents/schools/choose/choosingspanish.pdf
http://www.ed.gov/espanol/parents/schools/choose/index.html
Este folleto, La selección de una escuela para su hijo, es una especie de “recurso para la toma de decisiones” que puede ayudarle a navegar el proceso de elegir una escuela. También explica algunas de las opciones de escuela pública que existen actualmente en muchas comunidades y aborda opciones de escuela privada que pueden estar a su disposición. Indica los pasos que se pueden seguir para ayudarle a tomar una decisión bien pensada, e incluye preguntas convenientes a hacerse al pasar por el proceso.
Source: United States Department of Education
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en Español
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Center for Community Change: Action Guide for Education Organizing (2004)
http://www.communitychange.org/education/action-guide/
This Action Guide is aimed at experienced community organizers, new to the arena of school reform. The Action Guide will set the context for campaigns, provide sources for research and information, and it will offer examples of campaigns, issues, strategies, and tactics.
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Communities
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AEA 9: Parent-Educator Connection
http://www.aea9.k12.ia.us/en/programs_and_services/special_education/parent_educator_connection/
AEA 9's Parent-Educator Connection (PEC) provides parents and educators with opportunities to work together in positive ways to improve educational programs for children/youth with special needs. They consist of Parent-Educator Facilitators (parents of children with special needs), an Educator Representative (special education division staff member), and an area-wide steering committee (parents and educators.
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Special Education
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The Research Is Clear and Convincing
http://www.parentinvolvementmatters.org/research.php
Summaries and links to the research in the field of parent engagement are provided by ParentNet. Included is the article by Karen Mapp, "Having Their Say: Parents Describe Why and How They Are Engaged in Their Children's Learning."
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Scientifically Based Research
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Just in Time Parenting Information
http://www.extension.org/pages/Just_in_Time_Parenting_Newsletters
Learn about your child (birth to two) from newsletters from several states, including Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire. Information available in English and Spanish.
Category:
Learning about My Child/Student
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NCLD - Advocacy Center
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/264/314/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities is committed to providing parents essential information so they can take effective action on behalf of their child with a learning disability. The Parent Advocacy Briefs help parents navigate key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and help them understand areas of the complex law that play a direct role in their child's success in school.
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Special Education
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NCLD - Advocacy Center
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/264/314/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities is committed to providing parents essential information so they can take effective action on behalf of their child with a learning disability. The Parent Advocacy Briefs help parents navigate key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and help them understand areas of the complex law that play a direct role in their child's success in school.
Category:
No Child Left Behind
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Reading Rainbows - Family and Teachers Area
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/parents_and_teachers/index.html
Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is a critically-acclaimed award-winning half-hour PBS series that turns children on to books and reading. The series targets 4-8 year olds, and is based on research that identifies these early years as the optimum time for children to learn to read, and to adopt positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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Elementary
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Reading Rainbows - Family Area
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/parents_and_teachers/index.html
Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is a critically-acclaimed award-winning half-hour PBS series that turns children on to books and reading. The series targets 4-8 year olds, and is based on research that identifies these early years as the optimum time for children to learn to read, and to adopt positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Reading Rainbows - Family Area
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/parents_and_teachers/index.html
Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is a critically-acclaimed award-winning half-hour PBS series that turns children on to books and reading. The series targets 4-8 year olds, and is based on research that identifies these early years as the optimum time for children to learn to read, and to adopt positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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Elementary
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Reading Rainbows - Parents and Teachers
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/parents_and_teachers/index.html
Reading Rainbow, hosted by LeVar Burton, is a critically-acclaimed award-winning half-hour PBS series that turns children on to books and reading. The series targets 4-8 year olds, and is based on research that identifies these early years as the optimum time for children to learn to read, and to adopt positive reading habits, skills and attitudes.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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La selección de una escuela
http://www.ed.gov/espanol/parents/schools/choose/choosingspanish.pdf
Este folleto, La selección de una escuela para su hijo, es una especie de “recurso para la toma de decisiones” que puede ayudarle a navegar el proceso de elegir una escuela. También explica algunas de las opciones de escuela pública que existen actualmente en muchas comunidades y aborda opciones de escuela privada que pueden estar a su disposición. Indica los pasos que se pueden seguir para ayudarle a tomar una decisión bien pensada, e incluye preguntas convenientes a hacerse al pasar por el proceso.
Source: United States Department of Education
Category:
No Child Left Behind
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Facts about Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/447/391/
The National Center for Learning Disabilities has created a checklist and fact sheets in cooperation with its distinguished Professional Advisory Board. Based on reliable information and research, these easy-to-use tools offer quick introductions to various learning disabilities and may related topics.
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Special Education
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Children & the Media - Stereotypes
http://www.pbs.org/parents/childrenandmedia/article-stereotypes.html
TV, movies, videogames and the Internet often show people in an overly simple way, giving an inaccurate idea of what they are allowed to say and do and how important or unimportant they are. This often takes the form of stereotypes — recognizable but inaccurate views of one group of people by another. Some common stereotypes show women as weak and certain ethnic groups as lazy or scheming. Challenge your child to question what she sees and hears, so she develops an eye for sexism, racism and other prejudices in mainstream media portrayals.
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Cultures and Diversity
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Homelessness in Iowa
http://www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/422/654
The Iowa Department of Education provides information about programming and services for the education of chomeless children and youth in Iowa.
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Diverse Learners
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip09_fun_ways_to_read.pdf
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip09_fun_ways_to_read.pdf
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
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Pre-K (Ages 3-5)
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip09_fun_ways_to_read.pdf
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
Category:
Elementary
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Fun Ways to Read with Your Child
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip09_fun_ways_to_read.pdf
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides fun ways for families to get involved in their children's reading.
Category:
Elementary
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Communicating with Your Teen
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip03a_communicating_with_teen.pdf
This pamphlet developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides families with family-friendly ways to communicate with their teens.
Category:
High School
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Catching the Homework Habit
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip07a_catching_homework_habit.pdf
This brochure developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource center) provides family-friendly information for helping students develop good homework habits.
Category:
Homework
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Busy Parents Helping Busy Children
http://www.floridapartnership.usf.edu/pdfs/tipsheets/tip04a_busy_parents.pdf
This brochure developed by the Florida PIRC (Parent Information Resource Center) provides "family-friendly" tips for parents as they seek to provide learning opportunities for their children at home and in the community.
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Elementary
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